Goose Island - Bourbon County Backyard Stout 2023 (16.9oz bottle)

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Feeling nostalgic this year, they dove into their Bourbon County vault and pulled out an iconic recipe. In 2013, they released “Backyard Rye” and their senior innovation manager Mike Siegel found himself hand picking mulberries off trees just steps away from their Goose Island Barrel House in Chicago. Inspired by that initial release and by his own childhood memories of picking fruit in his own backyard, Mike set to work on 2023's Bourbon County Backyard Stout.

This barrel-aged stout was first aged in bourbon barrels for at least one year, and then finished and blended with mulberries, boysenberries and marionberries. Each addition of berry contributes its own distinct flavor profile, with some adding sweetness and others providing acidity and complexity. A taste of the past, this imperial stout is a balanced and nuanced play on fresh fruit, vanilla, and chocolate.